Eric Avina pictured above is a middle aged HIV positive Malawian man whose responsibility it is to conduct "sexual cleansing" for underaged and also matured women in Nsanje district in southern Malawi.

Avina in his community is referred to as Hyena, a traditional title given to a man hired by communities in several remote parts of southern Malawi to provide what's called sexual "cleansing". 

If a man dies, for example, his wife is required by tradition to sleep with Avina before she can bury him. If a woman has an abortion, she is expected to sleep with Avina to undergo cleansing. Also teenage girls, after their first menstruation, are made to have sex over a three-day period with Avina to mark their passage from childhood to womanhood. If the girls refuse, it's believed, disease or some fatal misfortune could befall their families or the village as a whole. He says he's one of 10 hyenas in their community, and that every village in Nsanje district has them. They are paid from $4 to $7 (£3 to £5) each time.

"Most of those I have slept with are girls, school-going girls. Some girls are just 12 or 13 years old, but I prefer them older. All these girls find pleasure in having me as their hyena. They actually are proud and tell other people that this man is a real man, he knows how to please a woman." he told BBC

Avina when asked said he is aware that he is HIV positive but he doesn't tell the women he sleeps with. Although he has lost count of the women he has slept with, he puts the figure at about 104. He is married to two women who know about his job and approve.

The operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of Lagos State Police Command have arrested 22 teenagers for robbery, stealing and cultism.

The 22 teenagers, amongst whom are four female, were arrested for involving in several occurrences of robbery, stealing and cultism around Agege and its environs.

The two leaders of the first gang, which consist of eight members, Babatunde, 15 and Tayo, 15, were arrested on last Thursday, at about 11:30 p.m. in Mulero, Agege for assaulting and robbing one Aladegbo Abidemi with an axe, and snatching her Blackberry Z10.

The suspects were stated to have given out other members of the gang the following day. Other members of the gang that were arrested are Matthew, 18; Sakiru, 16; Ganiyu,13; Reliwan, 15; Ibrahim, 15 and Kudus, 15. 

According to their victim, Aladegbo Abidemi, female, 26, “I was coming from work. I decided to pass through Mulero to link the closest bus stop around 10:00 p.m. I sensed my phone ringing and I picked it. Just few seconds while on the call, I noticed some young boys about 12 swarming like bees towards me. I ran but I fell down. They rough handled me, threatened me with an axe and took my phone. They retreated and abandoned me inside the gutter. A couple of minutes after standing up, I saw RRS patrol vehicle. I reported the incident and showed them the direction they went. They gave them hot chase, and arrested them with my phone”.

The second gang, consisting of 10 male and four females were arrested at Abattoir on Monday at about 02:35 am, after three of them had earlier been arrested in Computer Village, Ikeja, for stealing mobile phones.

It was also reported that the trio, Sulaimon, 13; Godwin, 19 and Sunkanmi, 15, entered a phone stall and pretended they wanted to buy a phone.

They walked out again after checking the phone only for the stall owner to realize that two phones were missing. They were however caught on their way going.

It was learnt that during questioning at the RRS’ headquarters, three of them owned up to be members of Eiye Confraternity.

The names of other gang members arrested included: Taiwo, 17; Rotimi, 17; Lateef, 19; Tunde, 17; Bolawatife, 15; kayode, 15; Olamide ,15. The female members are Olamide, 19; Agnes, 14; Ayo, 15 and Ope, 16.

All the suspects have been transferred to the State Police Command, Ikeja, for further inquiries.

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, confirmed the arrest of the teenagers. She stated that the Commissioner of Police called the parents of these children and he has ordered that the teenagers be sent for rehabilitated without delay.

She added that the arrest of the suspects was an eye-opener to the challenges of crime fighting and breakdown of family values.

Minister of Finance Kemi Adeosun appeared before the senate today to discuss about the state of the Nigerian Economy. She said Nigeria is technically in recession but it will be a short one. 

She also stated "Technically if you go into two states of negative growth, you are in recession but I don't think we should dwell on definitions. I think we should dwell on where we are going. We will come out of it and it will be a very short one because the policies that we have will ensure we don't go further into it"

Nollywood Yoruba movie star Lola Alao has converted to Islam. She converted and changed her name to Rhodiat.

Lola Alao, who is one of the most sought after in the Yoruba movie industry and has had her own share of the controversial actresses lifestyle, got married to her second husband in 2013.

Source said her new faith is not related to her marital life. The Islamic scholar Yusuf Adepoju, who led her to the religion, shared a congratulatory message on Facebook.

A 20 year old Kansas woman Couch has given birth to three set of twins within two years, with the latest born last month June.

“People just consider me a freak of nature when I tell them,” said the 20-year-old mom, who seemingly has a condition in which she releases more than one egg monthly.

She delivered two boys 26 months ago but one of them died from complications of premature birth. 14 months later, twin girls Delilah and Davina, were born. The third set, Dalanie and Darla, both girls, were born last month. They all came home after three weeks in neonatal intensive care.

Couch is engaged to the father of the second and third set of twins. They are planning to get married on September. Presler is an aquarium technician and also works at Gas-mart.

“I have tried to sign up for benefits and got denied…I try best I can as a mother but sometimes I need help and honestly I am not too proud to ask,” said Couch.

There was disorder at the Benue state House of Assembly on Tuesday, July 19, as the event worsened into fisticuffs between lawmakers over an alleged 750 million naira car scam.

An alleged probe by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) into the buying of cars for the lawmakers has led to argument in the Benue State House of Assembly.

PDP lawmakers in the House allege the Speaker of corruption and are demanding the resignation of the principal officers in the House. 

The Speaker accuses 13 PDP lawmakers of violating the law in the acquisition of the cars which prompted the EFCC probe.

According to Channels TV, the fracas was fueled by an alleged probe by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) into the purchase of cars for the lawmakers. The commotion apparently arose on the floor of the House in Makurdi, the Benue state capital when Honourable Kester Kyenge (PDP), raised a point of order before the deliberation of votes and proceedings of the previous sitting. The Speaker of the House, Honourable Terkimbi Ikyange, who belongs to the All Progressives Congress (APC), sensed the hazard in the motion raised and ruled Mr Kyenge out of order, causing displeasure among the PDP lawmakers. The condition led to members of the PDP calling for the elimination of all Speaker of the House.

But the APC-led legislature sturdily kicked against the demands by the opposition. The quarrel then deteriorated to the stage where lawmakers from the APC and the PDP used insulting words against each other, instigation the Speaker to postpone sitting to Thursday, July 21.

Speaking with newsmen, Kyenge in company of his PDP colleagues, expressed worry that the Benue state government had failed to pay workers six months salaries, amidst rising insecurity in the state. They also alleged the Speaker of corruption and again demanded the resignation of the principal officers in the House. However, the Speaker on his part lay off the statements of the PDP lawmakers and accused 13 of them violating the law in the acquisition of the cars which prompted the EFCC probe.

Ekweremadu, the deputy Senate president, spoke at the second annual conference of the Young Parliamentary Forum (YPF) in Abuja. 

Many Nigerians have been speaking out regarding the presidency’s view on subjects involving the restructuring of Nigeria.

 

Ekweremadu joined those supporting the restructuring of the country upholding that this is the key solution to the many challenges in Nigeria.

Ekweremadu may have discredited the stand of the Muhammadu Buhari government which believes that restructuring is a no-go area. In what shocked many of his supporters days ago, Osunbajo had professed that restructuring is not the answer to the crises facing the country but that what the Nigeria needs is good governance. 

 

Osinbajo’s remark came the same time President Muhammadu Buhari stated that the country’s unity is unbeatable. Buhari and Osinbajo had tackled several criticism over their stand on true federalism and restructuring since then. 

 

The pan Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere, and its rival Aferifere Renewal Group (ARG) differed with the stance of Osinbajo, that the call for the restructuring of Nigeria would not make any transformation.